Original KC Masterpiece!
 

KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce was the first sauce to win the American Royal BBQ contest. Dr. Rich Davis sold his sauce to the Clorox Corp, the same people who make Kingsford Charcoal. They cheapened up the original recipe, and now it taste NOTHING like the original stuff. Shame really.

I found this in my local grocery tonight. It's kind of like retro Pepsi. This is a special 35 Year Anniversary bottle with the ORIGINAL recipe. They should make it like this all the time anyway. I don't mind paying $3 or $4 for a bottle of good stuff. The Clorox version is usually like $2 a bottle, because it's been dumbed down with lesser ingredients.

The original stuff was pretty good, I'm looking forward to trying this to see if it tastes like I remember in the old days.

Check the ingredients. Is high fructose corn syrup listed anywhere?

Nope, it uses cane sugar and molasses.

You can buy it by the case on line:
http://store.kingsford.com/products/...ary-blend.html

George post more pics of the chiefs cheerleaders

Sometimes I like to mix funnel cake with beef.

Well, PB, I didn't go to the game last night, I sold my tix to a guy who wanted to take his wife and kid. He did post this pic from my seats. When you look over the railing, the cheerleaders come out right before kickoff. Enjoy:

Well done. Both the pic, and unloading those tix

Yea...perhaps I'll give it a try.

How long has it been since the change???

I don't remember but I wrote KC Masterpiece off a long time ago.

Man I loved the sauce before they sold out. Is it the real deal? Taste it yet?

I'm having a labor day party next weekend and firing up the smoker. These Floridians haven't tasted anything like the orginal KC Masterpiece.

The bottle that I bought I'm sending to a friend in L.A. I may go buy another one this week, and if I like it buy some more. Right now in my fridge I have Gates regular, Gates Extra Hot, Rosedale and some Sweet Baby Ray's Raspberry Chipolte (good for dipping chicken nuggets). Big Lots has been carrying Stubb's BBQ sauce from Austin, TX. Big bottle for $3, and that's a good deal. I also have some Rendevous and some Corky's Memphis sauce, some Bryant's original and some of Mr. Doggity's sauce in my cupboard, so I'm in pretty good shape on BBQ sauce right now.

Rich Davis sold out to Clorox, who also owns Kingsford charcoal. They wanted a national signature sauce they could sell at grocery stores. Problem is, Clorox radically changed the formula to cheapen it up, so it could compete with Kraft, and Bullseye, and Hunt's, and other BS pretending to be BBQ sauce.

Lots of people like the current stuff, because they don't know any better. Taste a current Pepsi, then taste one of the retro Pepsi's made with real sugar. Same kind of thing. Big difference.

There's a really good BBQ place in NKC called "Smoking Guns." Have you ever been there?